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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Jeff-E in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Installed the paddlewheel and the drive arms.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Knocklouder in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
This is how she stands now. Next steps will be the second deck.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from hof00 in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Installed the paddlewheel and the drive arms.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Jeff-E in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Next I went to work the posts and rails. Each post had to be individually cut and then carefully sanded to achieve a tight fit. Overall I was pleased with the posts and railings.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from _SalD_ in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Went to work on the stair cases. Not too happy with the results. The steps were easy to put around the post but the stair railings twisted. If I had to do it again, I think I would have fashioned my own railings. I would have used better would that could have been stained rather than painted.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Jeff-E in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Started work on the paddlewheel. I airbrushed the red and hand brushed the dark grey. Next step will be to install the wooden paddles.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Snoepert in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
This is how she stands now. Next steps will be the second deck.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Red in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Next step was to epoxy the second deck structure into place. Took some heavy duty clamping to get the structure to conform to the decking.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from cristikc in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Beginning work on the structures for the second deck. The kit provides metal inserts for the windows and doors that you paint white to simulate glass and some other color for the frame. I did not like the look so I decided to put in my own windows and doors. A deviation from the kit that I think I like.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Mike Dowling in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
I finally have glued all the deck structures to the deck. I painted all the structures in a matt polyeurathane. Here is a picture. I am now starting on the 2nd deck.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Mike Dowling in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Still working on the main deck structures.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Snoepert in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
This model is not painted. When complete, most of the model will be natural wood. When I completed planking the hull with the thin walnut strips; I felt that the look of the unfinished planks was dull and not visually exciting. I decided to stain the planks darker and apply a glossy polyurethane finish. I used a dark walnut stain and it did come out a little darker than I anticipated but I still think it is better than the unfinished look. What do you think?
I added the nails and deemed the hull complete enough to move onto the main deck.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from _SalD_ in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Next I went to work the posts and rails. Each post had to be individually cut and then carefully sanded to achieve a tight fit. Overall I was pleased with the posts and railings.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Cathead in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Went to work on the stair cases. Not too happy with the results. The steps were easy to put around the post but the stair railings twisted. If I had to do it again, I think I would have fashioned my own railings. I would have used better would that could have been stained rather than painted.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Cathead in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Started work on the paddlewheel. I airbrushed the red and hand brushed the dark grey. Next step will be to install the wooden paddles.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from WackoWolf in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Realized that I have not updated this log in awhile. After completing the structures on the main deck I began planking the second deck in a herring-bone pattern. This turned out to be quite a project. I learned that you should not run the planning in rows the length of the deck. You lay the planning in rows of four planks and slowly work down the deck. I do believe that it turned out OK.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Jeff-E in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Realized that I have not updated this log in awhile. After completing the structures on the main deck I began planking the second deck in a herring-bone pattern. This turned out to be quite a project. I learned that you should not run the planning in rows the length of the deck. You lay the planning in rows of four planks and slowly work down the deck. I do believe that it turned out OK.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from WackoWolf in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Next step was to epoxy the second deck structure into place. Took some heavy duty clamping to get the structure to conform to the decking.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from John Allen in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
After planking, I attached the second deck to the main deck structures using epoxy and clamping. Clamping is necessary because the deck builds flat but must attached to curved structures.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Cathead in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Next step was to epoxy the second deck structure into place. Took some heavy duty clamping to get the structure to conform to the decking.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Red in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Beginning work on the structures for the second deck. The kit provides metal inserts for the windows and doors that you paint white to simulate glass and some other color for the frame. I did not like the look so I decided to put in my own windows and doors. A deviation from the kit that I think I like.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Mike Dowling in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Next step was to epoxy the second deck structure into place. Took some heavy duty clamping to get the structure to conform to the decking.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Cathead in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Beginning work on the structures for the second deck. The kit provides metal inserts for the windows and doors that you paint white to simulate glass and some other color for the frame. I did not like the look so I decided to put in my own windows and doors. A deviation from the kit that I think I like.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from cristikc in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
After planking, I attached the second deck to the main deck structures using epoxy and clamping. Clamping is necessary because the deck builds flat but must attached to curved structures.
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rcmdrvr got a reaction from Mike Dowling in King of the Mississippi by rcmdrvr - FINISHED - Artensania Latina
Realized that I have not updated this log in awhile. After completing the structures on the main deck I began planking the second deck in a herring-bone pattern. This turned out to be quite a project. I learned that you should not run the planning in rows the length of the deck. You lay the planning in rows of four planks and slowly work down the deck. I do believe that it turned out OK.
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